EPPO Global Database

Meloidogyne enterolobii(MELGMY)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2026: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 2001
From CABI Disease map 804 (2014): Present, widespread
Comments
M. enterolobii was first reported in 2001 in the states of Pernambuco and Bahia causing damage to Psidium guajava.

EPPO Reporting Service (2015/173) : found on Morus nigra seedlings showing root galls.

emerging on soybean
References
* Carneiro RMDG, Moreira WA, Almeida MRA, Gomes ACMM (2001) [First record of Meloidogyne mayaguensis on guava in Brazil]. Nematologia Brasileira 25(2), 223-228.

* de Assis dos Santaos Diniz F, Mizubuti ESG, Bellé C, dos Santos PS, Santiago TR (2026) The changing landscape of root‐knot nematodes in Brazilian soybean fields: shifting prevalence of Meloidogyne arenaria, M. incognita and M. javanica and the occurrence of an emerging species, M. enterolobii. Plant Pathology 75(2), e70142. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.70142

* Freitas V, Silva JGP, Gomes CB, Castro JMC, Correa VR, Carneiro RMDG (2017) Host status of selected cultivated fruit crops to Meloidogyne enterolobii. European Journal of Plant Pathology 148(2), 307-319.

* Paes-Takahashi VS, Soares PLM, Carneiro PA, Ferreira RJ, de Almeida EJ, dos Santos JM (2015) Detection of Meloidogyne enterolobii in mulberry seedlings (Morus nigra L.). Ciência Rural 45(5), 757-759.
------- On Morus nigra seedlings showing root galls (intercepted at Itapetininga, Sao Paulo State).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, no details view...
Venezuela Present, no details view...